SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The xmatrix program draws dropping characters similar to what is seen
on the computer monitors in the Wachowski brothers’ film, "The Matrix".
Also see glmatrix(1) for a 3D rendering of the similar effect that
appeared in the title sequence of the movie.

OPTIONS

xmatrix accepts the following options:
-window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root Draw on the root window.
-install
Install a private colormap for the window.
-visualvisual
Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
visual.
-delayusecs
The delay between steps of the animation, in microseconds:
default 10000.
-densitypercentage
The approximate percentage of the screen that should be filled
with characters at any given time. Default 75%.
When running in a window, typing + will increase the density
and typing - will decrease it. Typing 0 will momentarily drain
the screen.
-top | -bottom | -both
If -top is specified, the characters will only drop in from the
top of the screen as sliding columns of characters. If -bottom
is specified, then instead of sliding columns, the characters
will appear as columns that grow downwards and are erased from
above. If -both is specified, then a mixture of both styles
will be used. The default is -both.
When running in a window, typing [ will switch to top-mode,
typing ] will switch to bottom-mode, and typing \ will switch
to both-mode.
-small | -large
These options specify the sizes of the characters. The default
is -large.
-trace Start off with a representation of a phone number being traced.
When the number is finally found, display The Matrix as usual.
-phonenumber
The phone number to trace, if -trace is specified.
-crack Start off by shutting down the power grid.
-binary Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, only display ones and
zeros.
-hexadecimal
Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, display hexadecimal dig-
its.
-dna Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, display genetic code (gua-
nine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine.)
-knock-knock
Produce some messages at random times.

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.